A Wee English Bungalow, Reinvented

A Manchester couple bought a run-down bungalow with plans to knock it down. Instead, they rebuilt it into a sleek contemporary home.

By

Ruth Bloomfield

June 5, 2014 8:47 p.m. ET

In Britain, the boxy, one-story bungalow is damned by its association with slow-moving seniors living out their days in dull seaside resorts and faceless suburbs.

"Nobody under the age of 40 would ever normally consider buying a bungalow … actually nobody under the age of 60 would buy one, really," said Nathan Cornish, a director of urban-renewal company Urban Splash.